"Yin and Yang are in the right position, the dragon travels in the forest, and the water veins surround the mountains and hide gold! This place was actually a natural treasure land with the five elements. No wonder the spatial teleportation array was set up here.”Li Dong couldn't help but sigh.
"Child, you're actually proficient in Qimen Dunjia. You're indeed a Daoist disciple.”Chief Qian looked at Li Dong with satisfaction.
Li Dong immediately scratched his head in embarrassment and said,""Actually, I'm not a Daoist disciple, and I've only been in the field of formations for less than half a month. I've only learned the surface, and I'm still far from being proficient…"
Hearing this, Bureau Chief Qian looked at Han Que meaningfully and smiled.""Haha, I see. Child, don't belittle yourself. These metaphysics things are most about talent. Many people study hard for a lifetime but still can't understand it.”
"Yes, some things are really destined and can't be forced. It's a pity that people like me never accept their fate.”Li Dong shrugged helplessly.
"Haha, what a coincidence. I'm just like you, a person who believes in fate and doesn't accept it!”Director Qian laughed heartily.
At this moment, the military vehicle stopped and arrived at the core of the array. On a desolate hillside, the field of vision was extremely wide. The back of the mountain was surrounded by a small river at the bottom of the slope. In the distance, there was an endless forest.
There were only a few hundred soldiers guarding such an open area. After alighting from the carriage, Li Dong scanned the surroundings with his holy sense, but he could not see the principle of the array formation's arrangement or its trajectory.
"Is this the ancient formation diagram? As expected, it's still difficult for me to understand with my current level.”Li Dong thought to himself.
Director Qian personally took a box from the military vehicle. It was half the height of a person, but it did not seem heavy.
"This is a technology box that combines the latest nanotechnology. There are four drones, six miniature cameras, two holographic imagers, a portable supercomputer, a 3D imaging album, and a user manual. I hope it can help you.”
"F * ck! Where did this black technology come from?"
"Every country has its own secrets. Although the country is poor, it still has some hidden secrets. However, these things will not be revealed to the public unless it is absolutely necessary.”
Li Dong took the technology box from Director Qian and put it into his Universal Sleeve Bag.
Seeing that there were no other self-cultivators around, Li Dong asked curiously,""Is there no one else with me?”
Director Qian shook his head with a bitter smile.""Ever since the Qing Dynasty was established, the Manchu people used all kinds of methods to attack the Cultivators, causing many Cultivators and Cultivation sects to hide in the mountains and forests. Then, China encountered the biggest national disaster in a thousand years. The world only knew that this was a war between one country and many countries, but they did not know that it was also a life-and-death battle between two civilizations."It was at this time that all of the Chinese cultivators chose to leave the mountains and fight to the death with the foreign Adepts. This battle lasted for a hundred years, and it was only in the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China that they were able to recuperate. However, all of the sects and clans were almost completely wiped out, and some of them even lost their legacy. That's even more so for the rogue cultivators who had no foundation. In the past twenty years, the Mountain and Sea Realm's gates have been opened five times, but the total number of cultivators gathered is less than a hundred...."
"So that's how it is…then I'll set off.”After learning the reason, Li Dong's heart sank. He took a deep breath and walked toward the center of the array with a determined expression.
" No matter what you get from this trip, you must arrive at the outer area of the Forest of Eternal Sun before the forty-fourth day. There are six execution grounds set up by Cultivators there. They are the only way for Cultivators to return to the human world.”Before Li Dong entered the array, Han Que softly reminded him.
"I will be careful." Li Dong replied indifferently.
"Protect yourself and come back alive.”After saying that, Han Que turned around and flew away on his sword, not even looking at him.
"Yes!"
Li Dong replied without turning his head. However, he was a little puzzled. He felt that Mr. Han was especially close to him, and his cold attitude seemed a little unnatural.
As the space fluctuated, Li Dong disappeared from everyone's sight. The moment he entered the array, he saw that the surrounding space seemed to be separated by a blurry mirror, and he could not see the scene outside clearly.
Beneath his feet was a round altar paved with bluestone bricks. Around the round altar was a four-symbol altar. The stone carvings of the four ancient divine beasts were lifelike.
The center of the round altar was made up of stone bricks of different colors that formed the pattern of the Tai Chi Yin Yang Fish. In the center of the Yin Yang Fish stood a square stone cauldron that was filled with clear water.
At this moment, a bump floated up in the water, and a purple snake scale the size of a football gradually took shape. Looking at the scale floating in front of him with a faint red luster, the array was suddenly activated. A golden light soared into the sky, and a pure white light enveloped the stone cauldron in the center of the array.
With a strong sense of weightlessness, his body was pressed down heavily. Every inch of his skin and every bone was under a terrifying pressure. Even the air in his chest was squeezed out of his body. It was as if he was stuffed into a roller. In an instant, Li Dong lost control of his body. His consciousness was still clear, but his mind was buzzing and he could not sense the situation outside.
"Is this the side effect of jumping into the air? If I hadn't gone through the short period of cultivation and those pills to strengthen my physique, even if I didn't die, I would have been seriously injured, right?”
Li Dong had been unconscious for a very short time, or perhaps it could be said that his adaptability was very strong. However, when he came back to his senses, he realized that he seemed to have left the human world…
It was pitch black all around. There was no starlight or moonlight in the sky, only red sand that filled the sky. It was a magnificent scene like burning clouds. The floating particles were small and light, as if they had a collective consciousness and moved regularly, forming all kinds of shapes.
It was a rather eerie and terrifying place, especially the only blood-red light source in the distance, which gave people a very uneasy feeling.
It was obvious that this was no longer the human world. Li Dong walked to the edge of the round altar and looked down through the pillar of light. However, due to the dim light, he could not see very clearly. He could only vaguely see the intertwined terrain on the ground like the skeletons of giant beasts.
At this moment, the round altar of the array was still rising. The spacetime transfer array seemed to be connected to other planes, which meant that this was not the end.
"Looks like this isn't the Mountain and Sea Realm." Li Dong thought to himself. The Mountain and Sea Realm recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas was very similar to the ancient human world, but it was definitely not the strange scene in front of him.
He just didn't understand why he would pass through this place. According to the theory in Qimen Dunjia, the space-time transfer array involved the domain of time and space, not simple plane movement. If the world that people lived in was like a plane of paper, then the same plane movement was the linear movement or folding movement of one point on the paper to another point.
As for the movement from the human world to other planes, it was a change of position between points. The distance between points had to be omitted because the distance and boundary between one plane and another could not be converted with any measurement unit. In a sense, it was an infinite distance.
In other words, the spatial plane teleportation was meant to be completed in an instant. There was only a starting point and an ending point, and there would be no intermediate journey.
"What exactly is this place?" Li Dong observed the scene in the other world in amazement. He would never forget this scene for the rest of his life. However, he did not know if it was because of the array formation, but he could not hear a single sound from the outside.
The round altar rose higher and higher, and the surroundings of the pillar of light were gradually enveloped by the red clouds. At this moment, Li Dong finally saw what these red particles were! They were billions of blood-colored flying insects with sharp teeth!
The pillar of light surrounding the teleportation array was originally a barrier with extremely strong defensive capabilities. However, these flying insects were able to break into the barrier without any hindrance and rush towards Li Dong.
"Not good!"
With life and death in the hands of a single thought, Li Dong hurriedly activated his Dharmic powers to cast Ice Seal!
The extremely cold aura spread wildly, freezing the barrier with a layer of hard ice, and the speed of the round altar's rise was also slowed down by several times.
Following that, the cold air swirled within the barrier, dancing in the air as if it had a consciousness. Finally, it built a sealed ice wall around Li Dong.
" Tsk, his control over his strength isn't very good…" Li Dong muttered.
Unfortunately, Li Dong's ice spell was useless against those mysterious blood-colored insects. They passed through the ice without any hindrance and continued to fly towards Li Dong.
Panicked, Li Dong used all his demonic powers to attack the swarm of insects. The violent purple Yuan Qi passed through the swarm of insects and fiercely collided with the barrier. In an instant, the hard ice covering the light wall was shattered, and even the round altar shook violently a few times.
Unfortunately, this demonic power attack that was equivalent to a Daemon King was useless against those mysterious blood-colored insects. They attacked Li Dong without any obstruction.
This attack also allowed Li Dong to more or less understand the characteristics of these flying insects.
However, he suddenly realized that he did not have any weapons to defend himself. However, he had even brought all the equipment for survival in the wild. There was no reason for him to forget such an important thing.
Weapons! Weapons! Weapons! With this thought in mind, the demonic power automatically gathered in his palm, and suddenly, a warm and cold object appeared in his palm.
Li Dong took a closer look and saw that it was actually a white jade staff that was completely snow-white and sparkling like a work of art. There were five large golden characters carved on it: Towering white jade pillar!
Although he didn't know why he had this treasure, he couldn't care less in this life and death situation. He waved the white jade pillar randomly and killed at least a thousand blood insects with the wind of the rod.
As expected! These bloodworms were immune to magic attacks, but their resistance to physical attacks was very weak.
However, in the face of this terrifying attack formation that was densely packed like locusts, any creature would be mercilessly harvested like crops.
No matter how hard Li Dong tried to resist, the countless blood insects effortlessly passed through his protective Zhen Yuan and covered his entire body in the blink of an eye. The blood insects crazily bit and devoured Li Dong's flesh and blood.
He felt a tearing pain as his energy was continuously being drained. These blood insects were even drilling into Li Dong's body.
At this moment, anger rose from the bottom of his heart. A bright red and scorching shadow appeared behind Li Dong. The ancient and distant cry of birds echoed in the air, like a sparrow, a lark, and a nightingale. The sound was like the simultaneous cry of thousands of birds, clear and pleasant, ethereal and long.
In an instant, all the bloodworms fell straight to the ground as if they had broken their wings. The scene was as spectacular as a Hukou Waterfall during the flood season.
Meanwhile, the bloodworms that had devoured Li Dong's flesh and blood on the round altar were burning with rose-colored flames.
Li Dong lay on the ground weakly. His entire body was covered in blood like a bloody corpse with holes in it. It was a tragic sight.
At this moment, a huge white crack appeared in the sky. The dark curtain was quietly pulled open, and a hundred thousand feet of light instantly lit up the entire space. Then, the sky seemed to be torn apart by something, and a trace of scorching aura seeped out. When the space was completely torn apart, a huge dragon roar shook the world, and rolling heat waves swept across the area.
In the shattered space, a huge pitch-black eye stared at everything in the world coldly and majestically like a god, as if it was searching for something. Suddenly, its gaze fixed on the beam of light that connected the teleportation portal to other planes. Just by looking at it, the powerful defensive barrier was smashed by an inexplicable force and instantly collapsed like broken glass.
Li Dong was naturally the first to bear the brunt of the remnant power. His spiritual sense was only at the late stage of Spirit Condensation, so how could he resist the power of the spiritual sense above the Heavenly God level? If it wasn't for the extremely peaceful power in the depths of his Niwan Palace's sea of consciousness protecting him at the critical moment, his body and Yuan Shen would have been turned into ashes in an instant, completely disappearing from the world.
A golden light flowed out of the huge black eye in the sky, and the thick light faded away from the round altar. A mysterious man in a black robe and dragon horns appeared in front of Li Dong. He had long golden hair, and there was a strange black pattern on his square face that emitted an ominous aura. However, this did not diminish his majestic and domineering appearance at all. Instead, it added a hint of evil charm.
The black-robed man looked down at the unconscious Li Dong, who was covered in blood. He did not speak, but he spoke in a deep voice,""I haven't seen you for a thousand years, my friend!"
However, the unconscious Li Dong was unable to greet him. Zhu Zhao was silent for a moment before he suddenly sighed."After experiencing the vicissitudes of life for dozens of cycles, have you found the answer? There is no life, no death, the final fate of all living beings, how much can you see clearly?”
Li Dong was speechless.
"…Forget it! Everything in the world is entangled. I have long transcended the three realms and five elements. I should not have such doubts. I will intercept you tonight to return the things entrusted to me by my old friend.”
Zhu Zhao spat out a ball of dazzling golden light from his mouth. It was burning like a flame. The moment it touched Li Dong, it was like a child returning to his mother's side and joyfully fusing into his body. At this moment, an extremely cold aura clashed with it, but it did not appear as if ice and fire could not coexist. Instead, they coordinated and disappeared together.
"I have already kept the agreement from the past. After this matter is over, I hope that I can meet you again on the day the six worlds convert.”After saying that, Zhu Zhao's figure began to fade away, and the huge eye in the distant sky began to slowly close.
At this moment, Zhu Zhao's incarnation raised his hand and pointed at the cauldron in the center of the round altar. A dark purple light flowed in his eyes. The red dragon scale seemed to have sensed something and emitted an even more dazzling light. It turned into a stream of light and disappeared into Li Dong's body.
As the black eye in the sky closed completely, everything in the space gradually returned to its original state. The round altar where Li Dong was once again burst out with shocking light and disappeared from its original spot in the next moment, leaving only a faint light spot in the pitch-black sky.
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In the depths of Mount Helan of the Celestial Empire, there was a foggy area. This was an illusion formation set up to prevent outsiders from entering. This was the execution ground of the Daoist branch of the Human Sect.
Han Que, who was in the sect master's room, seemed to be talking to someone at this moment.
"I've already done as you said, but can this plan really help him avoid that 'death tribulation'? The Mountain and Sea Realm had countless ancient beasts, especially the ones mentioned in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas." They were the most ancient and ferocious beasts that had migrated to the Mountain and Sea Realm after the Second Destruction of the Six Realms. Even when I went there, I could only suppress my cultivation base and keep a low profile. I didn't dare to be too ostentatious.”
At this moment, Han Que's expression was filled with worry. He, who had always been cold to Li Dong on the surface, was now like a father, worrying about his child.
In front of him, a person was reflected in a floating watery object on a plate of exquisite porcelain. It was a gentle and kind old farmer. The old farmer put down his work and said calmly and kindly," What should come will come. The child will have to walk the path himself. As his family, our excessive words and actions will only hinder his growth. He is still a child. His heart is too fragile, so he has been trapped in an eternal nightmare.”
"Can it really make him remember the past?”
"Although it's cruel, this is the only way!”
"Alright, I understand."
After saying that, the liquid returned to the porcelain. Han Que picked up the sword beside him and disappeared in a gust of wind.
In an unworldly village called Li Mountain, the old man who was talking to Han Que was silently farming. He put down his hoe and looked up at the sun as he prayed,"" Child, forgive your grandfather's cruelty. You must learn to face all of this. You must survive like a wild beast that can adapt to nature, rely on your instincts to avoid danger, be as cunning as a fox, and attack quickly like a beast. When you get through all of this, all the experiences and pain will become your precious wealth. And after that, the bestial instinct that you have trained to face danger and prey will accompany you for the rest of your life. Only in this way can you recognize yourself in the future evolution.”
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In the European-styled hall, there was a 10-meter-long European dining table. Xu Rong elegantly cut off a small piece of steak from the plate and slowly put it into her mouth. Although the girl sitting opposite her for dinner could not see, her movements were equally skilled. She seemed to be very used to this kind of life. She did not feel the slightest bit of restraint and seemed very natural.
Seeing this, Xu Rong thought to himself," Little Sister Violet Orchid is indeed not a child from an ordinary family. No wonder the lord entrusted her to me. But now, I can't continue to be a guardian. Perhaps it's time to gather the other old subordinates of the lord..."
"Big Sister Xu, Big Brother has already set off, right? But why didn't he visit Violet Orchid? " He's so close to me, but he won't let Violet Orchid go home…" Violet Orchid was a little angry when she said this, although she knew that her brother must have something important to do, so he couldn't stay by her side.
Xu Rong saw the little girl pouting her lips as if she needed someone to coax her. He couldn't help but smile gently. This smile was like a hundred flowers blooming, elegant and fragrant. It was a pity that no one could appreciate such a beautiful scene.
"Sister Violet Orchid, please stay here for a few days. I believe that Student Li will be able to take care of your matters and bring you back soon.”Xu Rong said indifferently.
"Oh, but…"
Even so, Violet Orchid still found it hard to let go.
"Sister Violet Orchid, don't tell me you don't like this place?”
"How could that be!" Yang Zilan hurriedly shook her head and denied," Sister Xu's place is very good. It feels like my old home, especially the empty atmosphere.”
"Hehe, my place is a little deserted.”
" Ah, that's not what Violet Orchid meant. That..."
Unfortunately, Violet Orchid could not see Xu Rong's teasing expression. Otherwise, she would not have explained so anxiously.
Seeing her nervous expression, Xu Rong smiled and said,"This isn't my home. It's just a temporary place for me to stay. You don't have to worry too much.”
Even so, the atmosphere between the two of them became awkward. Violet Orchid suddenly realized that she did not seem to understand the ways of the world at all.
Late at night, Xu Rong helped Violet Orchid change into a pure and cute lace nightgown, while he put on the same but very mature and sexy nightgown.
"Yes, it seems that my clothes from the past are suitable for you.”
"By the way, Sister Xu, when did you meet Brother?”
The two girls lay side by side on the soft bed, and the younger one asked.
" Hmm..." Xu Rong pondered for a moment and looked at Violet Orchid, who was full of anticipation. He thought about it and decided not to spoil her mood, so he said,""I've been paying attention to him since junior high school. I officially became friends with him during my first year of high school.”
"Did you have many friends when you were in middle school?”Yang Zilan asked.
"There are a few friends, but there might only be one close friend.”
"Is it a girl?"
"No, it's something called a pervert.”
“……”
Violet Orchid did not know how to continue the conversation with Xu Rong's serious tone. Was this the legendary topic terminator?
"Then are there any girls who like big brother?”Yang Zilan raised a question that she had always been concerned about.
"There is."
Hearing this, Violet Orchid clenched her little fists tightly. For some reason, she felt a little stuffy in her chest.
"But…Brother said that he was rejected many times.”
"Yes, I rejected him once.”
"Why? Is Brother not outstanding enough?"
"... Yes, to everyone, he was very ordinary at that time. He didn't have outstanding abilities, outstanding results, or outstanding character. He had a cowardly temperament. It could be said that there was nothing about him that could attract people.”
Xu Rong's nonchalant attitude made Violet Orchid frown. She was starting to hate Xu Rong. It was like when her favorite toy was casually thrown away by others when she was young. It made her very uncomfortable.
"Hmph, that's because you don't understand my good points at all.”Violet Orchid retorted with a pout.
"No ~ I know Li Dong's ordinariness better than anyone else. He's not outstanding.”Xu Rong said calmly.
"It's not like that!" Yang Zilan got up and retorted with a face full of anger. She looked like an angry little lion.
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